Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Directed by	Wolfgang Reitherman
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	A.A. Milne Larry Clemmons
Narrated by	Sebastian Cabot
Starring	Sterling Holloway John Fiedler Paul Winchell Junius Matthews Hal Smith Clint Howard Ralph Wright Howard Morris Jon Walmsley
Music by	Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	December 20, 1968
Running time	25 minutes (USA)
Country	United States
Language	English

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is an animated featurette based on the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne. This film, which was the second Winnie the Pooh short, was originally released by The Walt Disney Company on December 20, 1968, as a companion to the film The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. It was later added as a segment to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (March 11, 1977). The music was written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day won the 1968 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. It's also the only Winnie the Pooh production that won an Academy Award. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! was released 6 years after was nominated for the same Academy Award, but lost to Closed Mondays. The short also appears as a bonus short in Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin.

Songs

1. "Winnie the Pooh" by Richard & Robert Sherman
2. "A Rather Blustery Day" by Richard & Robert Sherman
3. "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" by Richard & Robert Sherman
4. "Heffalumps and Woozles" by Richard & Robert Sherman
5. "The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down" by Richard & Robert Sherman
6. "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!" by Richard & Robert Sherman

Plot

At the beginning of the story, Gopher tells Winnie the Pooh that it is "Winds-day" (a play on "Wednesday"), whereupon Pooh decides to wish everybody "Happy Winds-day." He visits his friend Piglet, who wears a scarf around his neck on this day. Piglet is blown into the air, his scarf unraveling all the while, and Pooh grabs hold of him. As they fly like a kite through the air over the other characters' heads, Pooh wishes Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Rabbit, and Owl a happy Winds-day. However, once they arrive at Owl’s treehouse, he informs them that the wind is due to "a gentle spring zephyr" rather than to a particular holiday. During the windstorm, Owl's house is knocked down, so Eeyore volunteers to house-hunt for Owl.

That night, Pooh hears an unfamiliar noise coming from elsewhere in the Hundred Acre Wood. Someone knocks on Pooh’s door, then Tigger bounces inside in search of something to eat. After Tigger sings his signature song, "The Most Wonderful Thing About Tiggers", he tries some honey but decides, "Yuck! Tiggers don't like honey." Before leaving Pooh’s house, Tigger tells him that there are Heffalumps and Woozles in the forest that steal honey, Pooh's favorite food. Later, Pooh suffers from a nightmare in which Heffalumps and Woozles steal his honey while the song "Heffalumps and Woozles" plays.

Later that night, a storm floods the Hundred Acre Wood. Piglet, who is trapped in his home, writes a bottle-note for help just before the waters carry him away riding a chair. Pooh, who is trapped in a honey pot, floats away from his home as well. The remaining characters gather at Christopher Robin's house, and Christopher reads the message ("Help! P-P-P-Piglet [Me]!"). He then sends Owl to inform Piglet of a rescue plan in the works, but just after he delivers the news, Piglet and Pooh are mixed up in a waterfall which switches Piglet to the honey pot and Pooh to the chair. When they arrive together at Christopher Robin’s house, he mistakenly thinks that Pooh rescued Piglet, and throws a hero party for Pooh.

During the party, Eeyore announces that he has found a new home for Owl. When he leads the gang to Piglet's house, the others are shocked and try to tell Eeyore that Piglet already lives there. However, Piglet decides to reluctantly give his home to Owl, and Pooh offers to let Piglet live with him. Pooh suggests to Christopher Robin that the hero party should become a two-hero party because of Piglet’s generosity. He agrees, and the characters celebrate both Pooh’s and Piglet's good deeds that day.

Voice cast

• Sterling Holloway – Winnie the Pooh
• Sebastian Cabot – Narrator
• Paul Winchell – Tigger
• Clint Howard – Roo
• Barbara Luddy – Kanga
• John Fiedler – Piglet
• Ralph Wright – Eeyore
• Hal Smith – Owl
• Junius Matthews – Rabbit
• Jon Walmsley – Christopher Robin
• Howard Morris – Gopher

Winnie the Pooh Featurettes

• Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree - (1966)
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - (1968)
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! - (1974)
• Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore - (1983)

See also

• Winnie-the-Pooh
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

v • d • e Winnie-the-Pooh Books When We Were Very Young (1924) · Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) · Now We Are Six (1927) · The House at Pooh Corner (1928) · Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (2009) Characters Eeyore · Gopher · Heffalump · Kanga · Kessie · Lottie  · Lumpy · Owl · Piglet · Rabbit · Christopher Robin · Roo · Tigger · Winnie-the-Pooh · Woozle · List Storybook classical stories Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) · Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) · Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) · Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) Feature films and DTV The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) · Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) · Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) · The Tigger Movie (2000) · Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) · Piglet's Big Movie (2003) · Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) · Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) · Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) Television Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) · The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) · The Book of Pooh (2001–2002) · My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–present) Specials Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) · Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991) · Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996) · A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998) · Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999) Video games Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood · Winnie the Pooh Adventures · Winnie the Pooh's Party Games: In Search of the Treasure · Tigger's Honey Hunt · Pooh & Tigger's Hunny Safari · Winnie the Pooh Pre-School · Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten · Piglet's Big Game · Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure · Ready to Read with Pooh · Kingdom Hearts (series) Songs "Winnie the Pooh" (1966) · "Up, Down and Touch the Ground" (1966) · "Mind Over Matter" (1966) · "Rumbly in My Tumbly" (1966) · "Little Black Rain Cloud" (1966) · "A Rather Blustery Day" (1968) · "When the Rain Rain Rain Came Down" (1968) · "Heffalumps and Woozles" (1968) · "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!" (1968) · "The Wonderful Things About Tiggers" (1968, 1974, 2000) · "I Hum to Myself" (1983) · "Just Say, 'Yes I Can'" (1983) · "The Right Side" (1983) · "You're the Only You" (1983) · "Try a Little Something New" (1983) · "Ev'ry Season Has A Reason" (1999) · "Someone Like Me" (2000) · "Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce" (2000) · "Pooh's Lullabee" (2000) · "How To Be A Tigger" (2000) · "Round My Family Tree" (2000) · "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" (2000) People A. A. Milne · Christopher Robin Milne · Sherman Brothers · Jim Cummings · Peter Dennis · Walt Disney · Sterling Holloway · Paul Winchell · Yevgeny Leonov  · E. H. Shepard · Shirley Slesinger Lasswell · Stephen Slesinger · David Benedictus Related articles Ashdown Forest · Bother! The Brain of Pooh · Hundred Acre Wood · Methuen & Co. Ltd. · More Songs from Pooh Corner · Poohsticks · Return to Pooh Corner · The Tao of Pooh · The Te of Piglet · Winnipeg the Bear Category ·  Wikiquote ·  Commons ·  Wikinews